Inventive staging, skilled cast bring 1836 drama to life

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070416-9999-1c16opera.html

In search of a distant sound

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/04/15/in_search_of_a_distant_sound/

City Opera Presents La Donna del Lago

The New York City Opera continued its tradition of championing works that are less frequently
performed with this season’s production of La Donna del Lago.

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sadko

This sumptuous 2006 release was recorded live in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg in late
1993 for European TV broadcast the following year.

Handel’s Flavio at NYCO

Incongruity was the rule of the day in the New York City Opera’s production of Handel’s Flavio, which opened on Wednesday, April 4.

ROSSINI: Mosè

Mosè (Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge), Melodramma in four acts

Passion, pain paired in Berlin

It was, of course, a coincidence; on the other hand, on Berlin’s vital, vibrant and
all-encompassing arts scene one is continually overwhelmed by new perspectives on the creative
process and its product.

L’invitation au voyage: Mélodies from La belle époque

“Linvitation au voyage” is an appropriate title for this collection of French song, which makes available a number of fine performances of both familiar and rare works.

WAGNER: Lohengrin

With a label such as Gala, a purveyor of live recordings of various provenance, some adjustment to compromised sound quality can be expected.

“Giulio Cesare,” Crocodile-style

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